--- title: Blog | Undersea | DIY tips description: DIY tips | Blog by Boston-based alternative rock band Undersea --- ## [Undersea](https://www.underseaband.com) # [Blog](https://www.underseaband.com/blog) ### Posts about Diy Tips ## [Pedal Board Wiring](https://www.underseaband.com/blog/pedal-board-wiring) By [Matthew Vincenty](https://www.underseaband.com/blog/author/matthew-vincenty) August 25, 2014 [![pedals](https://www.underseaband.com/hs-fs/hub/158228/file-1498655290-jpg/Blog_Images/IMG_7928.jpg) ](https://www.underseaband.com/blog/pedal-board-wiring) A huge portion of laying out a board is wiring it. There have been plenty of layouts I've put together that fell apart when I started to layout cables. Even the smallest, slimmest plugs take up space between your effects. [Read Post](https://www.underseaband.com/blog/pedal-board-wiring) ## [How to set up a great looking band or musician website in a few hours](https://www.underseaband.com/blog/how-to-set-up-a-great-looking-website-for-your-band-or-musician-website-in-a-few-hours) By [David Joseph Hunt](https://www.underseaband.com/blog/author/david-joseph-hunt) July 10, 2014 [![DIY tips](https://www.underseaband.com/hs-fs/hub/158228/file-1256942725-png/Screen_Shot_2014-07-15_at_9.19.11_PM-419607-edited.png) ](https://www.underseaband.com/blog/how-to-set-up-a-great-looking-website-for-your-band-or-musician-website-in-a-few-hours) If you are serious musician or in a band, then you probably have a Bandcamp, a Facebook page, a Soundcloud, and maybe a Twitter or Instagram account. While those platforms are all well and good, at the end of they day they aren't enough. **Your band needs a website.** Bandcamp is a solid platform for selling music digitally online, but you are limited in terms of how your content is presented, and it's hard to stand out against the millions of other Bandcamp pages begging users to take their free music. Facebook pages are a great way to interact with fans, but there plenty of people who don't use Facebook and the vast majority of those who do spend a lot more time looking at BuzzFeed quizzes than they do band pages. You need a central hub, where you can tie all this disparate tools together; therefore, you need a website. The major blockers for most bands to getting a website is that websites are generally complicated, cost money, and take time to maintain. The good news is there are some affordable and relatively easy options to getting a basic site up and running. But even when bands get a site up and running, I find they rarely update it, post to it, or touch it at all, so it quickly becomes out of date. The success of your online presence relies heavily on your ability to constantly put out content, not just when you have a new song or show. Below are step by step instructions to setting up a simple website for your band.  [Read Post](https://www.underseaband.com/blog/how-to-set-up-a-great-looking-website-for-your-band-or-musician-website-in-a-few-hours) ## [7 tips for coming up with a band name](https://www.underseaband.com/blog/7-tips-for-coming-up-with-a-band-name) By [David Joseph Hunt](https://www.underseaband.com/blog/author/david-joseph-hunt) June 23, 2014 [![DIY tips](https://www.underseaband.com/hs-fs/hub/158228/file-1307837317-jpg/img/7948bf4c-8f33-4808-b13b-d5d6f21dc436.jpg) ](https://www.underseaband.com/blog/7-tips-for-coming-up-with-a-band-name) Coming up with an [unclaimed band name in the Internet age proves extrememly difficult](http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB20001424052748703357104575045584007339958). Almost every single-word noun has been taken at this point and most Google searches will yield a list of MySpace pages of a band from 5 years ago with your the name that you wanted.  [Read Post](https://www.underseaband.com/blog/7-tips-for-coming-up-with-a-band-name) # Undersea Boston #### [![coreyNYC](https://www.underseaband.com/hs-fs/hubfs/coreyNYC.jpg?width=649&name=coreyNYC.jpg "Corey Wade") Corey Wade - vocals & guitar](https://www.underseaband.com/blog/author/corey-wade) #### [![David Joseph Hunt](https://www.underseaband.com/hs-fs/hub/158228/file-1222948416-jpg/Blog_Images/Band_Members/david.jpg) David Hunt - bass & vocals](https://www.underseaband.com/blog/author/david-joseph-hunt) #### [![Seth Botos](https://www.underseaband.com/hs-fs/hub/158228/file-1222067956-jpg/Blog_Images/Band_Members/lineup-seth.jpg "Seth Botos") Seth Botos - drums & vocals](https://www.underseaband.com/blog/author/seth-botos) #### [![Matthew Vincenty](https://www.underseaband.com/hs-fs/hub/158228/file-1222067951-jpg/Blog_Images/Band_Members/lineup-matthew.jpg "Matthew Vincenty") Matthew Vincenty - guitar](https://www.underseaband.com/blog/author/matthew-vincenty) ### Subscribe to Blog ### Share this Blog [![Share on Facebook](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/facebook-24x24.png)](http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.underseaband.com%2Fblog%2Ftopic%2Fdiy-tips%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dfacebook) [![Share on LinkedIn](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/linkedin-24x24.png)](http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.underseaband.com%2Fblog%2Ftopic%2Fdiy-tips%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dlinkedin) [![Share on Twitter](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/twitter-24x24.png)](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.underseaband.com%2Fblog%2Ftopic%2Fdiy-tips%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dtwitter&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.underseaband.com%2Fblog%2Ftopic%2Fdiy-tips%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dtwitter&source=tweetbutton&text=Blog%20%7C%20Undersea%20%7C%20DIY%20tips) [![Share on Pinterest](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/pinterest-24x24.png)](http://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.underseaband.com%2Fblog%2Ftopic%2Fdiy-tips%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dpinterest&media=) [![Share on Email](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/email-24x24.png)](mailto:?subject=Check%20out%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.underseaband.com%2Fblog%2Ftopic%2Fdiy-tips%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Demail%20&body=Check%20out%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.underseaband.com%2Fblog%2Ftopic%2Fdiy-tips%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Demail) ### Instagram ### Twitter [Tweets by @underseaband](https://twitter.com/underseaband) [![Share on Facebook](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/facebook-24x24.png)](http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.underseaband.com%2Fblog%2Ftopic%2Fdiy-tips%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dfacebook) [![Share on LinkedIn](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/linkedin-24x24.png)](http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.underseaband.com%2Fblog%2Ftopic%2Fdiy-tips%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dlinkedin) [![Share on Twitter](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/twitter-24x24.png)](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.underseaband.com%2Fblog%2Ftopic%2Fdiy-tips%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dtwitter&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.underseaband.com%2Fblog%2Ftopic%2Fdiy-tips%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dtwitter&source=tweetbutton&text=Blog%20%7C%20Undersea%20%7C%20DIY%20tips) [![Share on Pinterest](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/pinterest-24x24.png)](http://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.underseaband.com%2Fblog%2Ftopic%2Fdiy-tips%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dpinterest&media=) [![Share on Email](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/email-24x24.png)](mailto:?subject=Check%20out%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.underseaband.com%2Fblog%2Ftopic%2Fdiy-tips%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Demail%20&body=Check%20out%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.underseaband.com%2Fblog%2Ftopic%2Fdiy-tips%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Demail)